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I Don't Need Your Help

Chapter 5

For the rest of the day and into the night, Tyson was working hard on his next big plan for Tala. This time nothing was going to go wrong. Everything would have to be perfect. Now he just needed to concoct this perfect plan and make sure that it is safe for Tala to do. He didn't want another near-death accident.

The hours flew by as the midnight-blue haired teen scribbled down possible plans and ideas, crossing out any that sounded too dangerous. He only looked up from his work when he heard a soft knock on his bedroom door. He called for whomever it was to enter.

The door opened to reveal Max and Rei. Both walked in casually, though the blonde seemed a bit worried.

"Are you alright?" he asked, "You've been in here since Kai took Tala home to rest."

"I'm fine," Tyson assured his lover. "I've just been going over some random ideas and plans and whatnot. Uh... you know, for training."

"Oh. Can I see them?" Max started to reach for the papers on the desk, but before he could get them they were snatched away.

"Uh...I would prefer it if no one read them before they were finished." Tyson said to cover up the truth.

"Well...okay," said Max, not fully believing him. "At least you're not in here sulking and blaming yourself for what happened to Tala."

Tyson laughed nervously and half-hearted. But it was my fault.

Luckily, his stomach let out a loud growl before he could dwell on this thought any longer.

"I guess I'm kinda hungry."

"I'll get you something." offered Max.

"Thanks Max." He kissed the blondes cheek before he headed toward the door.

"No problem. Be right back." And with that Max left.

Now it was just Tyson and Rei in the room. Rei had been quietly standing in the background, and he looked as though he was trying to figure something out.

"So, how are you Rei?"

"I'm fine." the neko-jin answered shortly. "Alright. Spill it. What are you really planning."

"I don't know what you mean." Tyson tried to sound as innocent as he could, "I already told you that I'm just making some plans that'll help our training."

Rei stared at him suspiciously. "Right. You expect me to believe that?"

"Why wouldn't you?" It was getting harder and harder for Tyson to stay calm. He did not want Rei to find out that he is helping Tala win Kai's affections, or that the incident that happened earlier was his fault.

"Oh, I don't know." said Rei. "It might have something to do with the fact that you always complain about training. Or it might be because Kenny is usually the one to make these kind of plans and when Kenny can't, Kai does it."

Tyson knew he was backed into a corner now. He needed to think up a lie fast. "Uh... well, I just thought I would help out. You know, since Kenny is at home sick with a bad cold, and Kai is busy taking care of Tala."

At first it looked like Rei wasn't buying it, but then he smiled warmly. Tyson mentally let out a sigh of relief. Phew! That was a close one. For a second there, I thought I was going to have to tell him everything. I'm so clever. Go me!

Just as Tyson was fully relaxed, Rei spoke. "Okay. I'll believe you about the plans, but I have noticed that you've been spending a lot of time with Tala. What's up with that?"

Tyson was cornered again. Dammit! How does Rei know exactly what to ask! Okay. Just stay calm Tyson. You can think of something. You just need to stay calm or Rei will know you're up to something. If he doesn't already know it. Why is he suddenly asking so many questions?

"Hello? Earth to Tyson. Anybody home?" Rei waved his hand in front of the other teens face, causing Tyson to come out of his thoughts. "You alright? You kinda zoned out."

"Yeah. I'm okay." Tyson replied, still not fully out of his thoughts.

"So are you going to answer my question?" inquired the raven haired teen.

"Huh? Oh, right." Tyson didn't know what to say, so he improvised. "Why do you want to know anyway?"

"Just curious." claimed the neko-jin.

"Curiosity killed the cat." Tyson smirked.

Unfazed by the bad joke, Rei countered, "Luckily cats have nine lives. Besides, you shouldn't have any trouble answering me. Unless you're trying to hide something, but you wouldn't be doing that, now would you."

"I'm not hiding anything." Tyson lied, "I've just been trying to get to know Tala better. So we can all be friend and trust each other. That's all."

Rei opened his mouth to say something, but at that moment Max came walking back in to the room carrying a plate of rice balls.

"Sorry it took me so long to get back. You know Tyson, it's good that your grandpa thought to leave us some food, but you should really think about going to a store. With the why you eat, the shelves are almost empty again. I'm lucky to have found everything I needed to make these rice balls- " Max noticed how surprised his friends were. "Did I interrupt something?"

Tyson was the first to reply. "No. Nothing at all. Right Rei?" He nodded.

"Okay, then let's eat."

The three of them sat down on the floor. No one said much; Tyson was busy eating and thinking of ways to avoid Rei so he couldn't ask anymore questions, Rei was busy trying to figure out how he could get Tyson to tell him what was going on, and Max was just happily eating. It was the blonde who broke the silence.

"Hey, I just thought of an idea." The other two teens turned their attention toward their friend. "I was thinking, since we don't know how Tala's going to be feeling tomorrow, that we should do our training at Kai's house. That way we can still practice and we can help take care of Tala. What do you guys think?"

"That's a great idea Maxie!" exclaimed the midnight-blue haired teen.

"Yeah." agreed Rei. "I'll call him tomorrow morning to let him know we're coming."

"No." Max said firmly, which caused his friends to send him questioning looks. "If we tell him we're coming, he would just tell us to stay here and train without him. Normally, that would be fine, but I want to know how Tala's doing and be there to help out if he needs it."

"You're right Max. But if we don't call Kai, then how are we going to know how to get to his house, and get there before he starts to come here?" asked Tyson.

"Um... I hadn't thought about that." The blonde began to rack his brain for an idea.

"I know." stated the neko-jin. "We can wake up early and stop by Kenny's house and get directions from him."

"But what if Kenny isn't awake when we get there? I know I wouldn't be if I had a cold as bad as he does." Tyson said.

"It's no problem. I'm sure his parents will be awake. Then, even if Kenny is still sleeping, we can just ask them to get his computer, and Dizzi can tell us how to get there." explained Rei.

"You're a genius Rei!" exclaimed the happy blonde. "It's all settled then. We wake up early, stop by Kenny's, and then head over to Kai's house."

"Right. Well, if this plan is going to work we better get some sleep." The raven haired teen stood up and headed towards the bedroom door. "I'll see you guys in the morning. About 5:30am?"

"5:30am!" Tyson shouted. "But that's so early!"

"Exactly. Since our usual training time is at eight, and assuming it doesn't take Kai more than thirty minutes to get here, meaning that he would leave at about seven thirty, that gives us two hours to find his house." stated Rei.

Tyson sighed in defeat. "Fine, 5:30 it is."

They said their good nights. Rei went to the room he currently occupied, while Tyson and Max snuggled into the bed they shared in Tyson's room. The only noise that filled the house now, was the sound of Tyson snoring and the chirping crickets from outside.

...At Kai's house...

Icy blue eyes slowly fluttered open only to be met by darkness. What happened? Last thing I remember was I was in Tyson's kitchen making lunch. Tala sat up to survey what he could of his surroundings. It was night and he was lying in a bed. Oh! Now I remember. Tyson's crazy plan had me choking on a stupid piece of bread. Then everything went black, so I must have passed out. I guess that means Kai carried me back to his house. Hey, where is Kai?

He scanned the room looking for his lover and found him asleep in a chair with his head lying on the bed. He was peacefully sleeping, well, almost peacefully. He had a small frown on his face.

He must have been sitting there for most of the night, until he fell asleep. I hope he wasn't too worried about me. Though, I am very grateful that I didn't die there. Talk about a lame way to go; death by bread. Plus, I wouldn't be able to be with Kai.

He moved closer to where Kai's head lay on the bed, and as he did so, he was struck with a sudden pain him his head. Damn that hurts! I better try to get some more sleep. Good night Kai. He lightly kissed the slate haired teen's forehead and lay back down, but allowed his left hand to playfully pet Kai's hair until he too was asleep.

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Well, thanks for reading. Again, soooooo sorry about my way late-ness. I'll try to be better about it. Really I will. And just to make you all feel better. brings out giant frying pan and starts hitting self in head repetitively Now I know how Tala's head must feel right now. Owie! Anyway, hope you enjoyed, and please review. Pretty please?